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Another Poll -- in honor of TS' gun collection

#1 Post by golfmobile »

Who here keeps a gun/rifle or guns/rifles in his/her home?

I'll start. We have two rifles and three handguns (only one of which is truly operable, a .357 Magnum [ha!! pun!] with a six-inch barrel; one .32 revolver that hasn't been used for so many years, I'd be afraid to fire it; and one .41 antique Colt revolver that belonged to my grandfather who was a sheriff in Arkansas in the late 1800s, and I have no ammunition for it -- sort of like Quigley's Sharps, it requires special bullets that I can't find and therefore don't have).

And we have no children in the house, if that makes a difference. I don't see our cats shooting themselves or each other accidentally with a gun . . . .

By the way, I conducted this same survey at my office (I work at a law firm, probably around 70 people in the office), and I was surprised that, of the attorneys and staff I asked, I found it to be nearly a 60-40 ratio for having a gun in the house/residence. (I'm in Georgia -- if I were in Alabama, I'd expect 90-10!)

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#2 Post by SelleckLover »

We have my husband's service revolver. That's it. Don't really have a need for guns where we live. Our town is less than 10 years old and we don't even have a Police Dept. We're really out in the boonies so there's not much crime. Hard to believe we live in Southern California, but we do! :D

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#3 Post by IKnowWhatYoureThinking »

I don;t own any guns, but I respect the rights of those that choose to do so.

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#4 Post by MPS »

We don't own any guns. My husband used to hunt with his dad, ages ago, but we've never had any here. Every time there are riots (this is So Cal!), I think about it, however.
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#5 Post by J.J. Walters »

I have a Super Soaker water gun, that's about it.

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Oh, and a baseball bat and some dirty golf clubs. ;)
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#6 Post by tidal pool »

Here are a few of the firearms that TS donated to the NRA Museum...


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Oh, and yes, we have a loaded handgun in the house. :wink:
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#7 Post by golfmobile »

I just spotted this:

"Win My Quigley Rifle"

Do you think this was the one actually used in the movie?? For some reason, I was thinking it was in the Smithsonian. If it was the actual one used, wow! I wonder who won it!! Since the contest was two years ago, there's probably not a way at this late date to get a listing of the winners, which is supposed to be available for every sweepstakes, isn't it? But you may have to request it at time of entry.

Will Google that and report back if I find anything (though I doubt I will).

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P.S. Okay, a little more information, though I still haven't found the winner yet:


"SHILOH RIFLE UPDATE:
On the Shiloh forums one member said this.
There were three made. Mr. Selleck is keeping one, one is being donated to the National Firearms Museum, and one will go to some lucky person.
Also said on the forum that a couple of solid barrel ones were made for stunt work and a couple of 'rubber' ones were made for the fight scenes.

So this Shiloh rifle is one of three, thus creating the high ARV ($102,000) for the winner to pay taxes on."

I also found out you had to send in a SASE before the end of the contest to get the official list of winners, so no luck finding out from the NRA contest section, I guess.
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#8 Post by tidal pool »

Good investigative work, golf!

I remember reading (I think it was in Cowboys & Indians Magazine) that TS was very proud and excited about having the Quigley Sharps rifle reproduced in such perfect detail. Wouldn't you love to have a private showing of his entire gun collection? :shock:
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#9 Post by golfmobile »

Wouldn't you love to have a private showing of his entire gun collection?
I'm not touching that line with a ten-foot . . . . . never mind.

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#10 Post by tidal pool »

golfmobile wrote:I'm not touching that line with a ten-foot
Ten-foot what? :P

I know what you're thinking... :lol:
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#12 Post by tidal pool »

"There's nothing wrong with shooting as long as the right people get shot."

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#13 Post by Doc Ibold »

I've only got two guns.........one attached to my left shoulder and one to the right

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(Yeah that was pretty bad)

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#14 Post by Olivier »

In my country it' s strictly forbidden to own guns. You can have only if you are a member of shooting range. But I own the old shotgun of my great-grand-father.

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#15 Post by Carmen »

That`s how it is in Germany too. You have to be a member of a club/association and in case you have a gun at home then, you have to store it in a closet, the ammunition somewhere seperated.

There are many pros and cons about owning guns, IMHO the essence is, if you have one, be sure how to use it or yoú`ll end up dead.
Sometimes I get so lucky, even I don`t believe it (TSM)

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